Missing Hindu girl ‘converts’ to Islam after marriage in Pakistan, kin cry foul

A 15-year-old Hindu girl, born deaf and mute, who was missing for over a week, has surfaced before the media in Pakistan’s Sindh province, holding a certificate of conversion to Islam after allegedly marrying a much older Muslim man.

The girl from Korwah town in Badin district had gone missing around nine days ago. Her parents had lodged an abduction complaint with the local police. On Saturday, she appeared before the media alongside her alleged husband, where photographs of her holding the conversion certificate were taken.

Her father questioned how a deaf and mute minor could have agreed to marry a man, who is a drug dealer and has seven daughters. Shiva Kachhi, who heads the Darawar Ittehad Pakistan, an organisation working for the welfare and rights of Hindus, said the girl had been abducted, but the police failed to take any action despite the family’s complaint.